Isaiah 2:6 Meaning
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
Context Explained
4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
6Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
7Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Jeremiah 10:2
Jeremiah warns against adopting foreign practices and idolatry, similar to Isaiah's message.
1 John 2:15
John cautions against loving the world and its ways, echoing Isaiah's warning.
James 4:4
James states that friendship with the world is enmity with God, reflecting the theme of forsaking God.
Source: Isaiah 2:6